Email this article to a friend

Richard A. Spires, the former chief information officer at the Homeland Security
Department, was appointed the chief executive officer and member of the Board of
Directors at Resilient Network Systems.

"I am pleased and excited to take the helm of this company with its strong team,
rapidly maturing product offering, and a set of reference implementations," Spires
said, in a statement.

Spires resigned from DHS in May after
serving as its CIO for more than 3 1/2 years. While there, he oversaw a $5.6
billion annual budget and focused on updating the department's IT infrastructure.

Before coming to DHS, Spires served as the CIO and deputy commissioner at the
Internal Revenue Service and as a senior vice president at SRA International, Inc.

"Richard Spires' experience at the IRS and DHS uniquely qualifies him to
understand the challenges of delivering robust security and privacy while sharing
highly sensitive data across disparate organizations and people on a national
scale," said Jonathan Hare, founder and executive chairman of Resilient, provider
of Trust Network solutions. "He recognized early on that the Trust Network is a
breakthrough innovation needed to solve the crisis of trust in the Internet, with
implications across all parts of society. We are excited that, after working with
us closely over the last six months, he has agreed to join us as CEO and
accelerate our progress towards realizing that vision."